Date:1970 - 1975 (c.)
Description:The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken from the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel which once stood on this site. Lock-ups were used to temporarily detain local drunks and vagrants and were usually a feature of rural life. In Stafford the lock-up and pinfold (for holding stray cattle) were built side by side; the stocks were conveniently situated nearby. In the 1930s the lock-up was used by a butcher for curing hams, smouldering sawdust being piled on the floor for this purpose. His shop was next door. The lock-up was demolished to make way for the Queensway ring road in the 1970s, but was re-erected nearby.
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The eighteenth century Forebridge Lock-up in Stafford was used to temporarily detain local drunks and ...
The lock-up on Lichfield Road dates from the early eighteenth century. It was built from stone taken ...
The White Lion Inn was built on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel on Lichfield ...
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Donor ref:P2001.006.0009 (18/3560)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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